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Fetal teratogenicity in a rhesus macaque ( Macaca mulatta ): Association with the chronic maternal treatment of amitriptyline
Author(s) -
Hunter Carissa E.,
Stammen Rachelle L.,
Hamlet Terell,
Bonenberger Denise,
Li Chunxia,
Zhang Xiaodong,
Stroud Fawn C.,
Chan Anthony W. S.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of medical primatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.31
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1600-0684
pISSN - 0047-2565
DOI - 10.1111/jmp.12499
Subject(s) - amitriptyline , antidepressant , medicine , macaque , tricyclic , fetus , physiology , anesthesia , pharmacology , psychology , pregnancy , biology , neuroscience , hippocampus , genetics
Amitriptyline is a tricyclic antidepressant commonly prescribed in humans for pain and sleep disorders and in non‐human primates for self‐injurious behaviors. Here, we report a clinical case on the teratogenic effect of maternal‐fetal amitriptyline exposure.